ABSTRACT
This paper first summarizes and analyzes the previous research achievements of multimodal discourse analysis. And then combines some relative theories of semiotics and network languages to analyze the multimodal discourses used in the MSN chatting language of the students in universities. This paper collected 30 groups of MSN chatting language data. By analyzing the collected data, I attempt to find out the rules and characters of the multimodal discourses used during the MSN chatting and how they help people, especially the students in the universities, to accomplish their emotional communication.
Keywords：multimodal discourse; research; MSN chatting language
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review on Multimodal Discourse and Theoretical Framework Analysis 2
2.1 Study Abroad 2
2.1.1 Semiotic Theories of Saussure and Peirce 2
2.1.2 Theories of Social Semiotics 3
2.1.3 The Multimodal Discourse Framework of Kress and Leeuwen 3
2.2 Study at Home 4
3. Language on the Internet 7
3.1 Definition and classification of Language on the Internet 7
3.1.1 Definition of the Language on the Internet 7
3.1.2 Classification of the Language on the Internet 8
4. Multimodal Discourse Analysis to MSN Chatting Language 10
4.1 MSN Language Data Collection 10
4.2 Calculation and Classification of Multimodal Discourse in the MSN Language Data 11
4.3 Specific Analysis to the MSN Language Data 14
4.3.1 Category One: Language, Color, and Font 15
4.3.2 Category Two: Image, Flash, Number and Emoticons 15
4.3.3 Category Three: Video, Music, and Hypertext 18
5. Conclusion 20
Acknowledgements 21
